Railway-rail-joint support.



No. 821,566. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906. L. WINANS.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 6. 1905.

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RAILWAY-'RAIL-JOINT SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22', 1906.

Application filed September 6, 1905. Serial No. 277 272.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LINNAEUS WINANs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hood River, in the county of Wasco and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail-Joint Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway-rail-joint supporters; and its primary object is to provide a novel and highly useful device of this character which is adapted to bridge the spaces between adjacent rail-ties to support the meeting ends of railway-rails, whereby to obviate all liability of the rails sagging at their joints and to avoid the pounding incident to sagging joints.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of fragmentary portions of the adjacent ends of two railways'rails, illustrating the manner in which my improved rail-joint supporter supports the meeting ends of two rails; and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the rail-joint supporter.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates fragmentary end portions of two railWayrails, the same being provided with the usual construction of tread 2, web 3, and base 4 and united by means of angle-bars 5 or fish-plates of the usual form and construction.

The usual practice is to position the meeting ends of railway-rails intermediate the ties and to support the ends against sagging. My improved rail-j oint supporters are designed to bridge the spaces between the ties.

6 designates the base-plate of the rail-joint supporter, which rests upon two adjacent ties and bridges the space therebetween. The base-plate is of a width greater than that of the bases 4 of the railwayrails, so as to provide ample bearing-surface therefor. The opposite ends of the base 6 are bent down wardly at right angles to provide flanges 7, which engage and lie flush with the outer vertical edges of two adjacent ties to prevent the ties from spreading laterally and insure the supporter against displacement. As the .ing laterally from under the rails.

flanges 7 are bent at right angles with relation to the base 6, they are adapted to engage the outer edges of two adjacent ties of the usual construction. The base 6 is provided with a plurality of openings 8, arranged at points adjacent its opposite ends and spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the width of the bases oi the rail, whereby to permit the heads of the spikes 9, which are driven therethrough into the ties, to engage the bases 4. The spikes 9 not only secure the railway-rails against spreading, but also serve to prevent the railjoint supporter from mov- That portion of the base 6 which bridges the space between the two ties requires strengthening, and to render this portion rigid I secure to the under side thereof a strengtheningflange 10, the same tapering from its center toward its ends, whereby to offer the greatest amount of resistance in center of supporter.

It is apparent from the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I provide a rail-joint supporter whicn will effectually support the ends of two adjacent rails against sagging and that the same obviates all liability of the spreading 01 two adjacent tics, whereby to insure the railjoint supporter against displacement. It is further apparent that I provide a rail-joint supporter which can be manufactured at a small cost, which is simple of construction, and which can be applied no matter what form of rail-joint is used.

Having thus fully described and illustrated my invention, what is claimed as new is- In a device of the character described, the combination with two adjacent railway-rails and the ties for supporting the same, of a railjoint supporter of a width greater than that of the bases of said rails and having its ends turned down at right angles to provide flanges,

said flanges being adapted to engage and lie flush with the outer vertical edges of two adjacent ties, and a strengthening rib or web secured to the under side of that part of the rail-joint supporter which bridges the space between the two ties and being tapered irom its center toward its ends.

In testimony whereof I afi'lx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LINNAEUS WINANS. Witnesses d H. M. ABBOTT,

WM. M. YATES. 

